2023 - Present
Awarded the Gobioff Foundation Juneteenth Grant, bringing award-winning authors to the St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival.
Selected for the Hypatia Collaborative Cohort, focusing on capacity building and developing a strategic plan for 2030.
Secured the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg Catalytic Capacity Grant to engage the community in the St. Pete Reads! Study.
Received the City of St. Petersburg Micro Fund Grant to strengthen organizational infrastructure.
Hosted the 2024 St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest, featuring prominent authors and providing a vital community outlet for connection and healing in the aftermath of Hurricanes Milton and Helen.
Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Press Release | A Grand Prix Evening - Celebrating 20 Years of Champions event announced
83degrees | November arts: SHINE Mural Festival, Ybor Arts Tour, Afrofuturism Festival
i love the burg | Staff picks: nonprofits to support in St. Pete on National Nonprofit Day
WUSF Public Media | Disney's live action 'Little Mermaid' makes a splash with young Black girls in St. Petersburg
10 Tampa Bay | Cultured Books: Tampa Bay area woman connects children to Black authors
The Weekly Challenger | Local literacy advocates bring Black Children’s Book Week to library
Green Bench Monthly | People of St. Pete: Lorielle Hollaway
